Accenture launches enhanced life insurance platform

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) released a new version of the Accenture Life Insurance Platform (ALIP), a configurable and scalable software suite that offers life insurance and annuity carriers solutions for product development, new business, underwriting, policy administration and payout.

ALIP has added a variety of life and annuity product enhancements that support more complex insurance business rules and calculations and allow custom processing through configuration. Insurance providers can continually review and improve their customer service processes, further automate tasks and mitigate manual processing.

The technology instantly – and deterministically – calculates a client’s financial path to retirement with 95 percent probability, according to Riskalyze. Advisors can lead their clients through the development of this map in real time, helping them to make the decisions necessary to achieve a high probability of success.

Riskalyze is offering Retirement Maps as a free upgrade to all existing customers.

Companies can record, track and monitor the content of text messages sent to potential leads and existing customers directly through existing CRM software. Log into the CRM dashboard, select a lead, access approved brand compliant messaging, personalize the message for a particular lead then send the message in SMS format to any mobile device.

The text message is logged in the lead’s notes in the CRM database as outreach activity so it can be accurately tracked in future follow ups. Managers can also view and monitor outbound text messages to ensure legal compliance and analyze campaign effectiveness.

AXA updated its status to: In a relationship with Facebook. The partnership with Facebook will help AXA to further develop its digital, social and mobile footprint in France and globally. The partnership leverages the scale of both businesses via innovation and access to research, training and capabilities, particularly on mobile.

“Every day, people spend more of their time on mobile and on Facebook,” said Laurent Solly, CEO of Facebook France. “We’re excited to team up with AXA to make marketing personal again.”

3-Mentors grew its Allianz contract from $82 million in 2010 to more than $135 million in 2013. 3-Mentores was also noted for training programs for new agents, and mentoring and coaching programs to help affiliated advisors grow their production. The Rourke’s Raiders Rookie Award was created to recognize a single FMO each year that demonstrated tremendous growth in their distribution partnership with Allianz as well as highlight the field marketing organization’s growing role in the industry as a whole.